CISOs weathered the pandemic well, but at personal cost

Despite a surge in cyber attacks and other security incidents, the chief information security officer (CISO) community appears to be generally satisfied with their performance during the course of... Read more »

Verizon DBIR underscores year of unprecedented cyber challenge

Verizon has released its 2021 Data breach investigations report (DBIR), looking back on a year of cyber security challenges, including vast spikes in cyber attacks, as the Covid-19 pandemic... Read more »

Inside DarkSide: Researchers share intel on break-out cyber gang

In the wake of the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack – which continues to disrupt supplies of fuel across the eastern and southern US – threat researchers from across the... Read more »

CyberUK 2021: NCSC encourages startups to invest in cyber

The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) – alongside the Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure (CPNI) – has issued new bespoke cyber security guidance for technology startups, aimed... Read more »

UK to fund national cyber teams in Global South

Foreign secretary Dominic Raab has committed to investing £22m in establishing cyber capacity in developing and vulnerable countries in the so-called Global South as part of the government’s post-Brexit... Read more »

Microsoft fixes four critical bugs on lighter Patch Tuesday

In a lighter than usual Patch Tuesday drop, Microsoft has fixed a total of 55 common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs), four of them rated critical by Microsoft, and including... Read more »

The Security Interviews: Why helpful bots could hurt vaccine roll-outs

Web traffic generated by automated bots hit record highs in 2020, accounting for 40.8% of all internet traffic, up 6.2% on the previous year. That is according to the... Read more »

UK Plc invited to sign up for Early Warning of cyber incidents

The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has announced the addition of an Early Warning cyber incident notification service to its Active Cyber Defence programme, inviting organisations from across... Read more »

NCSC cyber guidance targets cloud and home working

The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has published refreshed cyber security guidance to take account of how quickly the threat landscape has changed in the past year to... Read more »

Collaboration key to success of UK’s Cyber Security Council

Collaboration in the cyber security sector will be critical in meeting the goals of the UK’s new Cyber Security Council, according to its founders, who formally launched the initiative... Read more »
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